Forbidden Forest

The Forbidden Forest (or Dark Forest) is a huge wooded area that borders the grounds of Hogwarts. As would be expected given the name, the forest is prohibited to students, unless they are sent here as a detention assignment or for Care for Magical Creatures lessons. Few students willingly venture into the forest, because there are many dangerous creatures lurking in here. Occasionally, though, detention is served here.

There has been a recent discovery of black Périgord truffles in the edges of the Forest.

Beware Of The Dangerous Denizens Of The Forest!Creatures In The Forest (not all are dangerous, but if you still wish to proceed, do so with extreme caution!):

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Elsa and Gus

Elsa sits on the edge of the Forest, sort of peering in, but knowing she'd get in trouble if she took a step in, she stayed back. She had earbuds in, listening to a couple of the many songs she had listed on the iPod she had it connected to, humming along.

Gus was probably the happiest person to be back at Hogwarts. This place was his home. Well, was his home that didn't smell like alcohol and depression all the time. But no matter how happy, it still always took awhile to get used to all the students for him. He had hung around the forest since he was a firstie, and every once in awhile he would even go into the forest and chill there. He knew he could've gotten in trouble doing it, but he only went a few feet in. What scary forest beast lives just 7 feet into the forest anyway? He was currently sitting and leaning his back on one tree that was only a few feet in the dark forest. He was also currently writing in his journal. You could tell on how concentrated he was while writing by his face, and how he didn't notice the girl listening to music, close to the forest but not exactly inside of it.

Gus was undoubtedly startled when he heard something move. Before he could even look at what was coming toward him, he slammed his journal shut and stood up. Matter of fact, he did it all so fast that he didn't even have time to notice that the movement was coming from the entrance side of the forest. When he first saw it was a person, his first thought was it could be a teacher that had caught him sneaking into the forest, but after a few seconds he realized it was only just a student. Not knowing she had earbuds in, he says to the girl, "You scared me for a second there."

"I'm not totally sure. Well, I've had heard about a few terrible beast that live here. I remember someone telling me about a giant man-eating spider group that lives in the woods." He chuckles a bit about it like it was some joke, even though he really had heard someone say it. "Not sure about those. Though, there's definitely a bunch of creatures like centaurs that wouldn't be very happy if they saw us."

The corners of his mouth raise a tiny bit. "Yeah, we aren't far enough into the forest to really get into to much trouble with that type of stuff. Honestly, I'm more scared of the chance of a teacher some how see me going into the forest."

He raises his eyebrow at her, not at all suspecting her to go deeper in. Though, he wasn't going to act like he was some wimp who couldn't handle it. He followed, walking a few feet behind her. "I'm Augustus, by the way. Though, you can just call me Gus."

"Happy to make your acquaintance, Gus. I'm Elsa. Gryffindor, Sixth year." She replies, jumping on a twig as she speaks, the crack echoing slightly. "You know, if we're nice to the centuars, maybe they'll like us. They deserve respect, after all. All people do."

"Neat. I'm a Slytherin, Sixth year." Now thinking about it, he definately had seen her in classes before. "True, very true. If were being honest, I don't know enough about centuars to know what they think of wizards and witches."

"Yeah, but let's just hope that if we do run into something, it won't eat us at the first chance it gets." He walks a bit closer to Elsa, so he's walking next to her rather than behind her. He turns his head towards her's. "A centaur wouldn't be that bad, I guess. Well, I don't think so."

"Good to know," he says while nodding. He stares off at a certain spot far ahead in the forest, looking for any living thing. He thought he saw something, but it ran off before he could clearly tell what it was.

He quickly faces back at her. "Oh, uh, sorry. Well, I thought I saw something. Probably just a deer." He smirks back at her. "Plus, seeing a boogeyman in a creepy forest is something anyone would be scared of. Well, maybe not you."

"There's only one fear I have -- And it's not this forest, nor what lies in it." She grins. "Trust me. Nothing will happen... And if anything does, I'll save your arse and you can slap me when you wake up."

"Must be something really bad if it scares you." He looks back toward back to the forest, but doesn't distance off like a minute ago. He laughs about her second comment. "I'll hold you up for that then."

"Yeah. Is it a type of fear you've always had or did it come from an experience that happened?" The question may have sounded a bit personal, but it seemed less nosy then asking what the fear was exactly.

"Very true. Although, I'm pretty sure my intentions are to follow you in a dark, scary forest because you're not afraid of anything in here and I didn't want to seem like some scaredy-cat. So if one of us shouldn't be trusted, it would be you." He turns his head toward her again, smirking back at her.

She couldn't help but laugh. "And if all of your friends jumped off a bridge?" She teases. "I wouldn't have thought you a wimp, actually. I'd have gone alone and thought me an idiot. Still would have done it though."

"I don't think anyone I know is going to jump off a bridge and ask me to join them any time soon. So, I don't think we have to worry about that," he says because he's not sure what his answer would be. I mean clearly she was kidding, but Gus still wondered to himself. He didn't really have any close enough friends to jump off a bridge with them, but if he did? "You wouldn't have been an idiot. Just really fearless. I mean, a tiny bit idiotic but whatever, mostly brave."

One of the ones behind reared onto his hind legs, bringing them firmly down on the ground. The earth would tremble slightly beneath Gus and Elsa. "HAH! We are not animals for you to come and pet, like a zoo. We are a species that is vastly superior to your own!"

If he wasn't scared before, he certainly was now. "Look, she didn't mean it in that way. We're just some students exploring the woods, looking for something exciting. We didn't mean to get in your way."

"Guuuus, pleeeease, I Got this." She looks at him and smiles gently. She then looks at the speaking Centuar again. "Of course you're superior to us. I didn't come here because I wanted to treat you like an animal, I came here because I wanted to learn more about you and your amaaazing culture~ I mean, how else are we going to learn to get better? Right?"